XIII Meeting on Music Research I Proposals until July 30

The Portuguese Society for Research in Music (SPIM) calls for paper proposals for the EnIM 24 | XIII Meeting of Research in Music. The event will occur at the Algarve Regional Conservatory – Maria Campina (Faro), from the 7th to the 9th of November 2024. All proposals must be submitted by July 30. There is a...
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11 Jul 2024

Eastern Christian Songs in memory of Ivan Moody

CESEM announces a concert by the Pravoslava Chamber Choir and the Romanos Melodos Academic Choir in memory of Ivan Moody (1964-2024). The evening will be directed by Svetlana Poliakova. Together they co-ordinated the project “Christian Orthodox Chant in Portugal”. Besides his compositional activity, Moody was a conductor, a musicologist, and a critic. His artistic explorations...
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11 Jul 2024

“In memory of Ivan Moody – composer, conductor, musicologist” I Third International Conference within the scope of the “Christian Orthodox Chant in Portugal” project

The Third International Conference within the framework of the project “Christian Orthodox Chant in Portugal” was planned in the summer of 2024. But the plans were interrupted by Ivan Moody‘s passing. The project was led by him and Svetlana Poliakova. On the new date, July 18, the focus of the conference will be the memory...
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Concert by CESEM researcher at Casa da América Latina in Lisbon

Casa da América Latina, UCCLA, Brazil’s mission to the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, and the Roman Cultural Institute of Lisbon present “Violão Clássico no Brasil do Século XX: Fusões e Influências” by the Romanian classical guitarist Mădălina Petre. Mădălina Petre is a doctoral student at the National University of Music in Bucharest, Romania, and a...
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Music in Childhood Postgraduate Course I Applications close on July 19

The Music in Childhood Postgraduate Course applications are open until July 19. The two-semester course, coordinated by the researchers Helena Rodrigues and Ana Isabel Pereira, will occur on Fridays (6 to 9 pm) and Saturdays (1 to 7h30 pm). The design of this course reflects the choice of “immersive experiences” in a vision centred on the formation of...
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2024 Protest Song Meeting

The latest edition of the Protest Song Meeting took place in Grândola between June 20 and 22. The title chosen for this meeting was The protest song in Portugal: in front of yesterday’s dictatorships and today’s democracy. In these three days, the Alentejo welcomed leading figures on the development of protest songs in Portugal and people...
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Professor Colwyn Trevarthen has passed away (1931 – 2024)

Professor Colwyn Trevarthen, Emeritus Professor of Psychobiology and Child Psychology at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), died on July 1st, at 93. Professor Colwyn Trevarthen was a consultant for NOVA FCSH’s Doctoral Programme in Musical Sciences, and a consultant and honorary mentor for the Companhia de Música Teatral, which includes several members of CESEM’s Education...
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Viagens pela música em língua portuguesa – Ibermúsicas competition

Viagens pela música em língua portuguesa is a competition that results from the collaboration between the Ibermúsicas Programme and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), with the support of DGArtes and FUNARTE. This initiative aims to build bridges of culture and cooperation and reduce the physical distances between Latin America, Europe, Africa, and South-East...
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